burst

burst

burst

GastroenterologyA series or cluster of phasic contractions of the GI tract of = 2 minutes, rarely associated with propagation but sometimes with tonic changes in baseline pressure.

ImagingA type of MRI which allows imaging of the entire brain in 2 seconds, which detects areas of decreased blood flow that may correspond to neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, and thus is of potential use as a diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease.

ImmunologyA synonym for an aggregate of progenitor cell colonies in the bone marrow.

Let the input be two neutron stars, and you have enough gravitational energy to make the sort of gamma-ray burster that lasts less than a second and for which we have not yet seen afterglows or host galaxies.

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